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Series Similar to My Name

If you enjoyed My Name, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Marvel's The Punisher

   2017 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.4), also on Netflix.

   After exacting revenge on those responsible for the death of his wife and children, Frank Castle uncovers a conspiracy that runs far deeper than New York's criminal underworld. Now known throughout the city as The Punisher, he must discover the truth about injustices that affect more than his family alone.

2. Narcos

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.4), also on Netflix.

   Narcos chronicle the life and death of drug lord Pablo Escobar the ruthless boss of the Medellin Cartel and a known terrorist who was also a congressman, a family man and revered by the poor as a new Robin Hood.

3. Marvel's Daredevil

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.4), also on Netflix.

   Matt Murdock, a Marvel Comics hero who's a lawyer by day but fights the bad guys at night to avenge the murder of his father, a boxer. But what sets Matt apart from most superheroes isn't his back story it's his handicap. Matt is blind, the result of a childhood accident that removed his ability to see but gifted him with heightened senses of touch, taste, hearing and smell.

4. Triangle

   2014 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Three brothers lose their parents and grow up separately without knowing the whereabouts of each other for more than 20 years. Because they have taken on new names and are all grown up, they are unable to recognize each other later on. Jang Dong Soo the oldest brother become a detective, while Dong Chul the middle brother uses an alias name Heo Young Dal to become the boss of a crime gang. The youngest, Dong Woo, grows into a cold person after being adopted by a rich family. The three brothers fates become intertwined as they become bitter adversaries.

5. Narcos: Mexico

   2018 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, also on Netflix.

   Narcos: Mexico exploring the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, beginning at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose and disorganized confederation of independent growers and dealers. Witness the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire. When DEA agent Kiki Camarena moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined. As Kiki garners intelligence on Félix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the drug trade and the war against it for years to come.

6. Bloodhounds

   2023 · Drama, Action, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, also on Netflix.

   Two young boxers band together with a benevolent moneylender to take down a ruthless loan shark who preys on the financially desperate.

7. Extracurricular

   2020 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, also on Netflix.

   Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.

8. Advokaten

   2018 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Frank Nordling is a young and exceptionally promising defense lawyer. When Frank learns the truth behind his parents' death, his whole world unravels. As children, Frank and his sister Sara witnessed their parents die in an explosion caused by a car bomb. As Frank finds out, they were murdered by one of the leaders in Copenhagen's criminal underworld, Thomas Waldman. In order to avenge his parents Frank must infiltrate Waldman's organization and become his personal lawyer and trusted confidant. To avoid putting those close to him in danger, Frank has to keep up appearances and play the game. But can he handle it? Is it worth the price? And who's really tricking whom?

9. Diablo Guardián

   2018 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Based on Xavier Velasco's award-winning novel, Diablo Guardián tells the story of Violetta, a young woman who flees her native Mexico to start anew in New York City. But instead of living a dream, Violetta is awoken to a harsh reality when she runs out of money, sending her into the arms of the villainous Nefastófeles.

10. Two Weeks

    2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

    Jang Tae San lives a meaningless life. He learns that he has a young daughter stricken with leukemia and being falsely accused of murder. For the next two weeks, he struggles to save his daughter.